Input elements without names not submitted

[Csaba Gabor]

I just someone can confirm what I observe experimentally:
Input elements without names (but with an id) are not
sent to the server when the form is submitted.

This would be useful because I have an array of them
that I'm using on a temporary basis, and I'd rather not
include useless traffic to the server (and deleting them
doesn't make sense in my context).

Csaba Gabor

[kaeli]

In article <40******@andromeda.datanet.hu>, ne**@CsabaGabor.com
enlightened us with...

I just someone can confirm what I observe experimentally:
Input elements without names (but with an id) are not
sent to the server when the form is submitted.

This is standard, documented behavior.

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[Mike]

Yes that is exactly how it works. Form elements without names, or outside
the <form></form> tags are not submitted to the server with the form post.


"Csaba Gabor" <ne**@CsabaGabor.com> wrote in message
news:40******@andromeda.datanet.hu...

I just someone can confirm what I observe experimentally:
Input elements without names (but with an id) are not
sent to the server when the form is submitted.

This would be useful because I have an array of them
that I'm using on a temporary basis, and I'd rather not
include useless traffic to the server (and deleting them
doesn't make sense in my context).

Csaba Gabor

[Michael Winter]

On Tue, 4 May 2004 12:45:03 -0500, kaeli <ti******@NOSPAM.comcast.net>
wrote:

In article <40******@andromeda.datanet.hu>, ne**@CsabaGabor.com
enlightened us with...

I just someone can confirm what I observe experimentally:
Input elements without names (but with an id) are not
sent to the server when the form is submitted.

This is standard, documented behavior.

Indeed. See 17.13.2 - Successful controls of the HTML 4.01 Specification:

<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.2>

Also check the definition of "control name".

Mike

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